#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,in   
the ,house of ,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41
  ,may #f1 #bjbd  ,,amendment3  ,that   
the bill from the ,senate 7,s4 #bjgc7   
entitled ,an ,act to amend title #ca1   
,united ,states ,code1 to require       
agencies to include a list of outdated  
or duplicative reporting requirements in
 annual budget justifications1 and for  
other purposes41 do pass with the       
following ,strike out all after the     
enacting clause and insert3  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,eliminate ,useless ,reports ,act of    
#bjbd4  #b4 ,sunsets for agency reports 
7a7 ,in general ,section #aabe of title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
  7#a7 by redesignating subsection 7c7  
as subsection 7d72  7#b7 by striking    
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 and inserting   
the following3  7a7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,budget justification
 materials ,the term budget             
justification materials has the meaning 
given the term in section #c7;b77#b7 of 

the ,federal ,funding ,accountability   
and ,transparency ,act of #bjjf 7#ca    
,u4,s4,c4 #faja note2 ,public ,law      
#aji-bhb74  7#b7 ,plan or report ,the   
term plan or report means any plan or   
report submitted to ,congress1 any      
committee of ,congress1 or subcommittee 
thereof1 by not less than #a agency--   
7,a7 in accordance with ,federal law2 or
  7,b7 at the direction or request of a 
congressional report4  7#c7 ,recurring  
plan or report ,the term recurring plan 
or report means a plan or report        
submitted on a recurring basis4  7#d7   
,relevant congressional committee ,the  
term relevant congressional committee-- 
7,a7 means a congressional committee to 
which a recurring plan or report is     
required to be submitted2 and  7,b7 does
 not include any plan or report that is 
required to be submitted solely to the  
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,house of ,representatives or the       
,senate4  7b7 ,agency identification of 
unnecessary reports  7#a7 ,in general   

,the head of each agency shall include  
in the budget justification materials of
 the agency the following3  7,a7        
,subject to paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71   
the following3 7i7 ,a list of each      
recurring plan or report submitted by   
the agency4  7ii7 ,an identification of 
whether the recurring plan or report    
listed in clause 7i7 was included in the
 most recent report issued by the ,clerk
 of the ,house of ,representatives      
concerning the reports that any agency  
is required by law or directed or       
requested by a committee report to make 
to ,congress1 any committee of          
,congress1 or subcommittee thereof4     
7iii7 ,if applicable1 the unique        
alphanumeric identifier for the         
recurring plan or report as required by 
section #gbdc7;b77#a77;,c77vii7 of the  
,james ,m4 ,inhofe ,national ,defense   
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjbc 7,public ,law #aag-bfc74  7iv7    
,the identification of any recurring    
plan or report the head of the agency   

determines to be outdated or            
duplicative4  7,b7 ,with respect to each
 recurring plan or report identified in 
subparagraph 7,a77iv71 the following3   
7i7 ,a recommendation on whether to     
sunset1 modify1 consolidate1 or reduce  
the frequency of the submission of the  
recurring plan or report4  7ii7 ,a      
citation to each provision of law or    
directive or request in a congressional 
report that requires or requests the    
submission of the recurring plan or     
report4  7iii7 ,a list of the relevant  
congressional committees for the        
recurring plan or report4  7,c7 ,a      
justification explaining1 with respect  
to each recommendation described in     
subparagraph 7,b77i7 relating to a      
recurring plan or report--  7i7 why the 
head of the agency made the             
recommendation1 which may include an    
estimate of the resources expended by   
the agency to prepare and submit the    
recurring plan or report2 and  7ii7 the 
understanding of the head of the agency 

of the purpose of the recurring plan or 
report4  7#b7 ,agency consultation  7,a7
 ,in general ,in preparing the list     
required under paragraph 7#a77;,a71 if1 
in submitting a recurring plan or       
report1 an agency is required to        
coordinate or consult with another      
agency or entity1 the head of the agency
 submitting the recurring plan or report
 shall consult with the head of each    
agency or entity with whom consultation 
or coordination is required4  7,b7      
,inclusion in list ,if1 after a         
consultation under subparagraph 7,a71   
the head of each agency or entity       
consulted under that subparagraph agrees
 that a recurring plan or report is     
outdated or duplicative1 the head of the
 agency required to submit the recurring
 plan or report shall--  7i7 include the
 recurring plan or report in the list   
described in paragraph 7#a77;,a72 and   
7ii7 identify each agency or entity with
 which the head of the agency is        
required to coordinate or consult in    

submitting the recurring plan or report4
  7,c7 ,disagreement ,if the head of any
 agency or entity consulted under       
subparagraph 7,a7 does not agree that a 
recurring plan or report is outdated or 
duplicative1 the head of the agency     
required to submit the recurring plan or
 report shall not include the recurring 
plan or report in the list described in 
paragraph 7#a77;,a74  7#c7              
,government-wide or multi-agency plan   
and report submissions ,with respect to 
a recurring plan or report required to  
be submitted by not less than #b        
agencies1 the ,director of the ,office  
of ,management and ,budget shall--  7,a7
 determine whether the requirement to   
submit the recurring plan or report is  
outdated or duplicative2 and  7,b7 make 
recommendations to ,congress            
accordingly4  7#d7 ,plan and report     
submissions conformity to the access to 
congressionally mandated reports act    
,with respect to an agency              
recommendation1 citation1 or            

justification made under subparagraph   
7,b7 or 7,c7 of paragraph 7#a7 or a     
recommendation by the ,director of the  
,office of ,management and ,budget under
 paragraph 7#c71 the agency or          
,director1 as applicable1 shall also    
provide this information to the         
,director of the ,government ,publishing
 ,office in conformity with the agency  
submission requirements under section   
#gbdd7;a7 of the ,james ,m4 ,inhofe     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjbc 7,public ,law   
#aag-bfc2 chapter #da of title #dd note7
 in conformity with guidance issued by  
the ,director of the ,office of         
,management and ,budget under section   
#gbdd7;b7 of such ,act4  7c7 ,rule of   
construction on agency requirements     
,nothing in this section shall be       
construed to exempt the head of an      
agency from a requirement to submit a   
recurring plan or report4  2 and  7#c7  
in subsection 7d71 as so redesignated1  
by striking in the budget of the ,united

 ,states ,government1 as provided by    
section #aaje7;a77#cg7 and inserting in 
the budget justification materials of   
each agency4  7b7 ,budget contents      
,section #aaje7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by striking  
paragraph 7#ci74  7c7 ,conformity to the
 access to ,congressionally ,mandated   
,reports ,act  7#a7 ,amendment          
,subsections 7a7 and 7b7 of section     
#gbdd of the ,james ,m4 ,inhofe         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjbc 7,public ,law   
#aag-bfc2 chapter #da of title #dd1     
,united ,states ,code1 note71 are       
amended to read as follows3  7a7        
,submission of electronic copies of     
reports ,not earlier than #cj days or   
later than #fj days after the date on   
which a congressionally mandated report 
is submitted to either ,house of        
,congress or to any committee of        
,congress or subcommittee thereof1 the  
head of the ,federal agency submitting  
the congressionally mandated report     

shall submit to the ,director the       
information required under subparagraphs
 7,a7 through 7,d7 of section           
#gbdc7;b77#a7 with respect to the       
congressionally mandated report4        
,notwithstanding section #gbdf1 nothing 
in this subtitle shall relieve a        
,federal agency of any other requirement
 to publish the congressionally mandated
 report on the online portal of the     
,federal agency or otherwise submit the 
congressionally mandated report to      
,congress or specific committees of     
,congress1 or subcommittees thereof4    
7b7 ,guidance ,not later than #ahj days 
after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection and periodically thereafter  
as appropriate1 the ,director of the    
,office of ,management and ,budget1 in  
consultation with the ,director1 shall  
issue guidance to agencies on the       
implementation of this subtitle as well 
as the requirements of section #aabe7;b7
 of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4  4
  7#b7 ,updated ,,omb ,guidance ,not    

later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall issue updated guidance
 to agencies to ensure that the         
requirements under subsections 7a7 and  
7b7 of section #aabe of title #ca1      
,united ,states ,code1 as amended by    
this ,act1 for agency submissions of    
recommendations and justifications for  
plans and reports to sunset1 modify1    
consolidate1 or reduce the frequency of 
the submission of are also submitted as 
a separate attachment in conformity with
 the agency submission requirements of  
electronic copies of reports submitted  
by agencies under section #gbdd7;a7 of  
the ,james ,m4 ,inhofe ,national        
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjbc 7,public ,law #aag-bfc2    
chapter #da of title #dd1 ,united       
,states ,code1 note7 for publication on 
the online portal established under     
section #gbdc of such ,act4  ,clerk4